TY - JOUR
T1 - Coronary Artery Disease Risk-Associated Plpp3 Gene and Its Product Lipid Phosphate Phosphatase 3 Regulate Experimental Atherosclerosis
AU - Mueller, Paul A.
AU - Yang, Liping
AU - Ubele, Margo
AU - Mao, Guogen
AU - Brandon, Jason
AU - Vandra, Julia
AU - Nichols, Timothy C.
AU - Escalante-Alcalde, Diana
AU - Morris, Andrew J.
AU - Smyth, Susan S.
PY - 2019/11/1
Y1 - 2019/11/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Genome-wide association studies identified novel loci in PLPP3(phospholipid phosphatase 3) that associate with coronary artery disease risk independently of traditional risk factors. PLPP3 encodes LPP3 (lipid phosphate phosphatase 3), a cell-surface enzyme that can regulate the availability of bioactive lysophopsholipids including lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). The protective allele of PLPP3 increases LPP3 expression during cell exposure to oxidized lipids, however, the role of LPP3 in atherosclerosis remains unclear. Approach and Results: In this study, we sought to validate LPP3 as a determinate of the development of atherosclerosis. In experimental models of atherosclerosis, LPP3 is upregulated and co-localizes with endothelial, smooth muscle cell, and CD68-positive cell markers. Global post-natal reductions in Plpp3 expression in mice substantially increase atherosclerosis, plaque-associated LPA, and inflammation. Although LPP3 expression increases during ox-LDL (oxidized low-density lipoprotein)-induced phenotypic modulation of bone marrow-derived macrophages, myeloid Plpp3 does not appear to regulate lesion formation. Rather, smooth muscle cell LPP3 expression is a critical regulator of atherosclerosis and LPA content in lesions. Moreover, mice with inherited deficiency in LPA receptor signaling are protected from experimental atherosclerosis. CONCLUSIONS: Our results identify a novel lipid signaling pathway that regulates inflammation in the context of atherosclerosis and is not related to traditional risk factors. Pharmacological targeting of bioactive LPP3 substrates, including LPA, may offer an orthogonal approach to lipid-lowering drugs for mitigation of coronary artery disease risk.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Genome-wide association studies identified novel loci in PLPP3(phospholipid phosphatase 3) that associate with coronary artery disease risk independently of traditional risk factors. PLPP3 encodes LPP3 (lipid phosphate phosphatase 3), a cell-surface enzyme that can regulate the availability of bioactive lysophopsholipids including lysophosphatidic acid (LPA). The protective allele of PLPP3 increases LPP3 expression during cell exposure to oxidized lipids, however, the role of LPP3 in atherosclerosis remains unclear. Approach and Results: In this study, we sought to validate LPP3 as a determinate of the development of atherosclerosis. In experimental models of atherosclerosis, LPP3 is upregulated and co-localizes with endothelial, smooth muscle cell, and CD68-positive cell markers. Global post-natal reductions in Plpp3 expression in mice substantially increase atherosclerosis, plaque-associated LPA, and inflammation. Although LPP3 expression increases during ox-LDL (oxidized low-density lipoprotein)-induced phenotypic modulation of bone marrow-derived macrophages, myeloid Plpp3 does not appear to regulate lesion formation. Rather, smooth muscle cell LPP3 expression is a critical regulator of atherosclerosis and LPA content in lesions. Moreover, mice with inherited deficiency in LPA receptor signaling are protected from experimental atherosclerosis. CONCLUSIONS: Our results identify a novel lipid signaling pathway that regulates inflammation in the context of atherosclerosis and is not related to traditional risk factors. Pharmacological targeting of bioactive LPP3 substrates, including LPA, may offer an orthogonal approach to lipid-lowering drugs for mitigation of coronary artery disease risk.
KW - atherosclerosis
KW - coronary artery disease
KW - lipid phosphate phosphatase
KW - lysophosphatidic acid
KW - lysophospholipids
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U2 - 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313056
DO - 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.313056
M3 - Article
C2 - 31533471
AN - SCOPUS:85074118856
SN - 1079-5642
VL - 39
SP - 2261
EP - 2272
JO - Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
JF - Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
IS - 11
ER -